Reach for the stars with the highest-flying Aviation Camp of all! Build a large, all-new flying model rocket. Prepare the rocket for flight with a solid-fuel rocket motor and join the launch day field trip to blast each rocket skyward to altitudes approaching 300’. Board the aircraft carrier USS Hornet for a behind-the-scenes look at the recovery ship used for the first astronauts to walk upon the Moon.

Turn Newton’s Third Law on its side by designing, building and racing a rocket car powered by pressurized carbon dioxide! Construct the car chassis for maximum performance and install a small gas cylinder before taking to the test track for side-by-side racing heats with fellow campers. Who will be the fastest down the track?

Explore destinations in our solar system and beyond with a working refractor telescope. Enter the Starlab planetarium to identify star patterns and planets visible for observation, master moon phases and locate stars used for celestial navigation. Analyze real Mars images collected by orbiting spacecraft, fly high performance aircraft in the flight simulators and much more in a journey to infinity and beyond!

Rocket Racers Includes:

Advanced Model Rocket Construction

Rocket Launch

Behind-the-Scenes Tour of USS Hornet Museum

CO2 Dragster Construction and Testing

Refractor Telescope

Mars Flight Simulation

Mars Image Analysis Using THEMIS Imagery

Introductory and Advanced Flight Simulation

Starlab Planetarium Presentation

Moon Phases and Orrery

Solar Observations

Solar Powered Surface Vehicle

Satellite Models

And Much, Much More!

Program Dates:

All Sessions Completed for this Summer.

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